Lesson Plans: SS 06 WHis LPQ3 042 Greeks and Romans in Africa
Title: SS 06 WHis LPQ3 042 Greeks and Romans in Africa
Grade Level : Grade 6
Subject : Social Studies - Middle
Standards/Assessed Florida STATE FL Social Studies Standard (2008)
Benchmarks:
Florida Sunshine State Standards
Grade 6
World History
Description/Abstract
of Lesson:
Essential QuestionScope & Sequence:
Technology
Connections and
Student Materials:
3: Recognize significant events, figures, and contributions of classical civilizations (Phoenicia, Greece,
Rome, Axum).
SS.6.W.3.2 Explain the democratic concepts (polis, civic participation and voting rights, legislative
bodies, written constitutions, rule of law) developed in ancient Greece.
SS.6.W.3.5 Summarize the important achievements and contributions of ancient Greek civilization.
SS.6.W.3.6 Determine the impact of key figures from ancient Greece.
SS.6.W.3.7 Summarize the key achievements, contributions, and figures associated with The
Hellenistic Period.
SS.6.W.3.8 Determine the impact of significant figures associated with ancient Rome.
SS.6.W.3.13 Identify key figures and the basic beliefs of early Christianity and how these beliefs
impacted the Roman Empire.
SS.6.W.3.14 Describe the key achievements and contributions of Roman civilization.
SS.6.W.3.18 Describe the rise and fall of the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and Axum and
Christianity's development in Ethiopia.
To develop an understanding of how both Greek and Roman civilizations influenced Africa
and how the African civilizations influenced Greeks and Romans.
How is Africa changing and growing?
The following sites will help you get started in your research:
www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Egypt_4.htm
www.williamtolan.com/fno/EGYPT/story1.htm
www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/roman.html
www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/ancient.htm The following are other
excellent sites that may help with research or ideas about the Greeks and Romans in
Africa/Egypt: www.exclassics.com/martyrdom/martc.19.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/africangeographers/a/AncientAfrica.htm
www.encylopedia.com/category/History/Asia_and_Africa/ahistafr.com
www.cwo.com/~lucumi/rome.html www.unrv.com/provinces/africa.php
www.touregypt.net/alexhis1.htm
Duration : 3 Days
Vocabulary:
Steps to Deliver
Initial Instruction:
Guided Practice with
Feedback:
Roman Empire, Greco-Macedonian Period, Greek Empire, House of Ptolemy. Culture,
Carthage, Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Library of Alexandria. Punic Wars
This lesson is designed to bridge the study of nascent "Western" civilizations with
those in Africa. Students will need to use previous teaching and learning on Africa
to make connections
Students will begin by imagining they are tv talk show hosts and they are going to
“interview” Alexander the Great. The time period selected should allow Alexander to
discuss his entire life and accomplishemnts.
classStudents will work with a partner, one with be the host and one will be
Alexander for the show’s “interview”. Students will start by researching the
accomplishments of Alexander the Great. The following sites will help get you
started on your research: http://faq.macedonia.org/history/alexander.the.great.html
www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html
They will then create ten questions that they would “ask” Alexander on the
show. Once students have created and answered their questions, they should
be given time to rehearse their “show”.
The talk show host and Alexander will then (each set of partners) conduct
their show for the class. Independent
Practice:
Differentiated
Instruction/Small
Groups:
Student should be reminded of the wars between Rome and Carthage. Students
will research the life of Hannibal and present their research as a one page
newspaper article on the life of Hannibal. Each article will include the following:
Details of his life from birth
His military accomplishments
Student’s personal views on Hannibal’s personality
Students will read their article aloud to the class, the result should be an
understanding of Hannibal and why we study him.
The following are two sites to get you started on your research:
www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/hannibal.html
http://looklex.com/e.o/hannibal.htm
Divide students into groups based on interest. Students will either make a book
about Egypt under Ptolomaic rule or create a mummy mask based on reasearch into
Egyptian mummification in Greece and Rome.
The House of Ptolemy – Egypt under Roman Rule. Students will make a “book”
about the rule of the House of Ptolemy in Egypt. The “book” may be in any form
deemed appropriate by the teacher, such as a flip-book or using three pieces of
construction paper folded in half and stapled to make a small book. The book
should include the following:
Brief biographies of three of the House of Ptolemy rulers
Pictures or print outs of art and statues from the House of Ptolemy with
captions
Title on front of book
Create a “library” of the books to display the student work and allow them to
explore it.
The following are sites to help get you started on your research:
www.houseofptolemy.org/housecul.htm
http://pw1.netcom.com/~aphilipp/house001.htm
www.eternalegypt.org
Greek and Roman mummies of Egypt. Students will create their own “mummy
masks”. First, the research. Students will answer the following questions:
Why did the Greeks and Romans adopt Egyptian mummification?
How were they “mummified”?
When are these Greek and Roman mummies in Egypt created?
Students will then research photographs of Greco-Roman Egyptian mummy
masks. Then they will use construction paper, glue, and colored pencils (and any
other art supply you wish) to create the mummy masks.
ESE/ESOL
Accommodations &
ESE/ESOL
Strategies:
ESE and ESOL students should be provide additional definitions of vocabulary. They
should be encouraged to pair with another student.
Lesson
Closure/Review:
Review learning with students. They should be able to provide specific examples of African
influence on Greek and Roman culture using all 3 of the activities.
Creator : Middle SS Content Team
Date Created : January 15, 2009
Date Modified : November 03, 2011